Experiencing High-Definition Video Conferencing; Sending Video In High Definition; Receiving And Displaying Video In High Definition - Polycom RealPresence Group 550 Administrator's Manual

Administrator's Guide for the Polycom RealPresence Group Series
If a Polycom Touch Control is paired with a Polycom RealPresence Group system, you must use the
Polycom Touch Control to create presets. For more information about creating and using presets, refer to
the User's Guide for the Polycom RealPresence Group Series and User's Guide for the Polycom
RealPresence Group Series and the Polycom Touch Control. Once presets are in place, you can view them
in the web interface by going to Utilities > Tools > Remote Monitoring.
If you use a Polycom EagleEye Director with your RealPresence Group system, you cannot use
presets for voice tracking.

Experiencing High-Definition Video Conferencing

Polycom RealPresence Group systems offer the following high-definition (HD) capabilities:
● Send people or content video to the far site in HD
● Receive and display video from the far site in HD
● Display near-site video in HD
● Full-motion HD

Sending Video in High Definition

Polycom RealPresence Group systems with HD capability can send video in wide-screen, HD format. For
information about frame rates for content, refer to
To send video in HD format, use any model of Polycom camera that supports HD video and a Polycom
RealPresence Group system capable of sending 720p or better video.

Receiving and Displaying Video in High Definition

When the far site sends HD video, Polycom RealPresence Group systems with HD capability and an HD
monitor can display the video in wide-screen, HD format. The HD 720 format supported by these systems
is 1280 x 720, progressive scan format (720p). Polycom RealPresence Group systems with 1080 capability
can receive 1080p progressive format and can display 1080p progressive or 1080i interlaced format.
Near-site video is displayed in HD format when you use an HD video source and an HD monitor. However,
near-site video is displayed in SD if the system is in an SD or lower-resolution call.
Requirements for an HD multipoint call:
• The call must be hosted by a PolycomRealPresence Group system or a conferencing platform that
supports HD such as Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server 1500 or 2000.
• The Polycom RealPresence Group system host must have the appropriate options installed.
• All systems in the call must support HD (720p at 30 fps) and H.264.
• The call rate must be high enough to support HD resolution, as shown in
Resolutions
• The call cannot be cascaded.
For more information about multipoint calls, refer to
Polycom, Inc.
Content
on page 210.
on page 80.
Configuring Multipoint Calling
Monitors and Cameras
Call Speeds and
on page 90.
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